4th Annual USGS Report 1882-83 Hawaiian Volcanoes, Eureka Nevada Mine, Oysters
POB#59189
TITLE: Fourth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1882-'83
AUTHOR: John Wesley Powell, Second Director of the USGS (1881-1894)
PUBLISHER: Washington: Government Printing Office
DATE: 1884
EDITION: Fourth Annual Report
DESCRIPTION: xxxii, 473 pages, 30cm
CONDITION NOTES: GOOD. Frayed caps, rubbed corners, shelf wear to cover edges. NOT ex-library. Page handling faults in preliminaries - spotting, edge tears and paper bends - the worst being a stress tear to one leaf in preliminaries (see in photos). Also, a torn plate shown in photos (no loss, but serious tear). No other plate tears noted. Outside preliminaries, pages lightly toned and free of marks, creases or tears. Solid page and cover attachment without any detached leaves. Gutters stressed but no detached threads noted. All plates properly folded with tissues in place. No stamps or owner inscriptions.
BINDING: Brown cloth, with tooled gilt vignettes and titles.
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SECTIONS:
1-74 Administrative Reports
75-219 Hawaiian Volcanoes by Captain Clarence Edward Dutton
Illustrated with island maps and fold out views of volcano caldera.
221- 252 Abstract of a report on the mining geology of the Eureka District, Nevada by Joseph Story Curtis
Illustrated with color mine diagrams
253-271 Popular Fallacies regarding precious metals deposits;
273-430 Oysters
Copiously illustrated with engravings of various oyster species
431-464 A Geological Reconnaissance of Southern Oregon by Israel C. Russell
Maps of Southern Oregon and parts of Northern California with ice age lakes outlined over their alkali lake remainders, and fault lines in the region.
